Weekly News

Weekly News Roundup March 4 - March 10

Second patient cured of HIV A London patient is the second to be considered cured of HIV. In may, 2016 he received a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare CCR5 mutation that allows for HIV resistance. He also underwent chemotherapy and until September 2017 took antiretroviral medication. Luke Perry dead at 52 […]

Weekly News Roundup February 24 - March 3

Space X Crew Capsule Reaches Space Station The first-ever commercial-built spacecraft arrived successfully to the International Space Station Sunday morning. The spacecraft will stay until March 8 while engineers and scientists examine it to see how safe it is for humans to use. Tik Tok pays $5.7 million fine to U.S. for illegally gathering children’s […]

Weekly News Roundup February 18-24

Australia Confirms Assange’s Passport as Valid Australia confirms the passport of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is valid. This comes as good news to the ailing founder, who seeks refuge elsewhere amidst fears that Ecuador will terminate his asylum in London. He is also being considered for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. Jussie Smollet Removed from […]

Weekly News Roundup February 11-17

Ariana Grande Says “thank u, next” to Her Fourth #1 Album Ariana Grande’s fifth album “thank u, next” (her second in less than six months) debuted this week at #1 on the Billboard 200 (last August, “sweetener” also debuted at #1). Not only did she have two records debut at the top of the charts […]

Weekly News Roundup February 5-11

Jill Abramson Fends Off Accusations, Insists She Did Not Plagiarize Author, and former New York Times Executive Editor, Jill Abramson continues to face backlash after “Vice News Tonight” correspondent Michael Moynihan accused Abramson of plagiarizing content in her new book “Merchants of Truth”. The book follows four news organizations—The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, and Vice […]

Weekly News Roundup March 5-March 10

Authors: Alexandra White & Sean Smith 47.3 Million U.S. Adults Have Access to a Smart Speaker, Report Says The number of smart speaker users has grown to 20% of the U.S. adult population in just two years. Smart speaker use has grown exponentially faster than its digital counterparts, like television use and even internet use. Amazon […]

Weekly News Roundup February 26-March 2

Authors: Logan Self & Nicole Jones Twitter Introduces New Way to Save Tweets No longer do Twitter users have to favorite a tweet save and read it later. This week, Twitter announced their latest feature, the “Bookmark.” Users sometimes felt uncomfortable favoriting something just to save it, since they may not actually “like” the content. […]